SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES AND PREVENTION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TRENDS AND DATA

SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES AND PREVENTION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TRENDS AND DATA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 TRENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT AND COMPLETION RATES IN THE UNITED STATES: 1972–2009

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

FINDINGS

National Event Dropout Rates

State Event Dropout Rates for Public High School Students

National Status Dropout Rates

National Status Completion Rates

General Educational Development (GED) Credentials and National Status Completion Rates

Averaged Freshman Graduation Rates for Public School Students

APPENDIX A. TECHNICAL NOTES

Common Core of Data

Defining and Calculating Event Dropout Rates Using the CCD

Defining the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public School Students Using the CCD

Data Considerations for the CCD

Current Population Survey

Defining and Calculating Dropout and Completion Rates Using the CPS

Event Dropout Rates

Status Dropout Rates

Status Completion Rates

Data Considerations for the CPS

Statistical Procedures for Analyzing CPS-Based Estimates

GED Testing Service

APPENDIX B—GLOSSARY

APPENDIX C—STANDARD ERROR TABLES

REFERENCES

End Notes

Chapter 2 DROPOUT PREVENTION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS: 2010–11

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

SELECTED FINDINGS

APPENDIX A. STANDARD ERROR TABLES

APPENDIX B. TECHNICAL NOTES

Fast Response Survey System

Sample Design

Data Collection and Response Rates

Imputation for Item Nonresponse

Data Reliability

Sampling Errors

Nonsampling Errors

Definitions of Analysis Variables

Definitions of Terms Used in This Report

APPENDIX C. QUESTIONNAIRE

Instructions and Definitions Page

End Notes

INDEX